Showing posts with label pink saturday feathered your nest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pink saturday feathered your nest. Show all posts

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Granny Squares and spring seeds sown

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A look at what's been going on here the last couple of weeks, a little crochet and seed sowing.  This newest crochet blanke tis going to be designed with smaller squares done in two color combos, I think it resembles the amish quilt style a little bit.
I'm hoping for the next post to be able to add a video tutorial for crocheting a granny square and switching yarn colors.

I'm using wool, washable, but does not go in the dryer. 

In the works, gowing food, for a somewhat healthier life.  I've started some organic heirloom seeds, indoor sowing.  Getting the titming down is a little tricky.  First you sow them and each type of plant can vary on when to sow and what zone you live in, then there is transplanting them and holding them until they can go outside.  This year has been more difficult with that than last year for  me for various reasons.  But here's where I'm at:

There are tomatoes, peppers, basil, brocoli, and cauliflower, cateloupe and watermelon, and a couple of flowers seeds black knight scabosia and stock.

I'm afraid my melons are getting a little leggy, and some of my vegetables, don't look like they've made it with some cooler temps in my unheated sunroom, even though I've added a space heater a little too late, probably.

If you look closely at the tall seedling you can see how the watermelon seed hasn't fallen off yet, kind of neat how these gown and emerge.

Well, with any luck maybe after all the hard work I will get some of these beauties, but this is just the first stage with more hurdles all spring and summer long to get a final product, with all the work it's no wonder a watermelon will cost $7. 
Here's the seed sowing stage, the other photos above were transplanted seedlings.  Below is a close up shots of seedlings.  These are the scabosia and stock.





Off to buy more soil to transplant, have a great weekend.  Blessings to you, Michelle

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Rose Cake

I've been want to try one of these cakes for sooooo long now, I finally went out and got the tip.  This is my first attempt and I have to say it wan't as hard as I thought it might be at all, the wilton tip does most of the work for you. 

This was for the family birthday party in February, both my kids have birthdays a week a part.  So this was one larger round pan and one smaller pan....three cake mixes and two patches of frosting.
Here's a close-up, you really need to enjoy "sweet" this is delicious.

For fun, I sprayed it "pink".  Came out pretty, everyone was raving.


If you'd like to check out the tutorial from where I followed to make this here's the link:

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Blessings, have a great week,  Hugs....Michelle